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With 33 years as a professional sportswriter for the Journal News (Westchester, N.Y.) and 20 years covering the Giants, Ernie Palladino brings a wealth of knowledge to this blog. His contacts inside and outside the organization will make this blog the fastest, most objective news source for Giants fans of all ages.

Monday, February 22, 2010

The Lineup

It's almost needless to say that the Giants will not be using either tag. They only have four players heading for the open market as of now -- P Jeff Feagles, DT Fred Robbins, QB David Carr, and LB Danny Clark.

They will be in the business of tendering some of their 11 restricted free agents. And they'll have a number of ways to do it.

For fourth-year restricted free agents, they can demand compensation in the position of the player's original draft position ($1.176 million), a second-round pick regardless of position ($1.759 million), a first-round pick ($2.521 million), or a first and third-round pick ($3.168 million).

For five-year vets, it goes $1.226 million for original pick, $1.809 million for a second-rounder, $2.621 million for a first-round pick, and a first and third-round tender will cost a team $3.268 million.

4 comments:

I'm with you Ernie, keep Hagan, Boothe, and Cofield. I will smile and wave good-bye to Moss and "Colossal Calamity" Brown. We had a guy on this team named Wilkerson? Really. Huh, would never have known. And I would not try to re-sign any of the unrestricted FAs either. Too bad Carr not under contract. Could possibly get a 4th or a 5th for him.